Background

Mr. Lester Pollack is the Founder, Managing Director since 1986, and Chairman Emeritus at Centre Partners Management LLC. He was previously the Chairman of the firm. Mr. Pollack was a Managing Director at Lazard Freres & Co. LLC from 1986 to 1998. Mr. Pollack was a Co-Chief Operating Officer and Vice-Chairman at United Brands from 1979 to 1981. From 1965 to 1979, he served as an Executive Vice President and Member of the Board at Loews Corporation. Mr. Pollack was a ... Founding General Partner at Odyssey Partners from 1982 to 1986. Prior to that, he was a General Partner and Vice President at Oppenheimer & Co. Mr. Pollack is a Director and the Chairman of the Board at Fire Arms Training Systems, Inc. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Metro International S.A. Mr. Pollack has been a Director of ASC Management, Inc. since 2000. He is also a Director of LaSalle Re Holdings Limited, Bank Leumi U.S.A., Captain D’s Holding Corp., Centre Pacific LLC, Associates LLC, MB Investment Partners, and Tiffen Manufacturing Inc. Mr. Pollack is also a Director Emeritus of U.S. Bancorp. He was a Director of Ironwood Investment Management, LLC. Mr. Pollack was also a Director of Paramount Communications Inc., Kaz Inc., SAFG Retirement Services, Inc. since 1981, Continental Cablevision, Kaufman & Broad, Inc., Tidewater Inc., Parlex Corp. since 1970, Transco Energy, First Sun America Life Insurance Co., Inc , American Seafoods, L.P., CNA Financial Corporation, Sphere Drake Inc., and Polaroid Inc. He is a Trustee at New York University and a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Pollack is the Chairman Emeritus of New York University School of Law and a Member of the Board of Trustees at New York University. He was the Chairman of the Conference of President at Major American Jewish Organizations. Mr. Pollack is a graduate of Brooklyn College and has a Law degree from the New York University School of Law.

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